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MG MGB Technical - 1.75' inlet manifold make?

I recently bought an 1.75" inlet manifold, and I was wondering about the make.
It has the following cast on the tubing:
C / T London ...the "/" is in the shape of a lightning bolt.

Any suggestions...someone has said it is an original Special Tuning item.
Gary Lock

Hi Gary
I've been hanging off waiting for an Englishman to answer your question but-----
The only works/factory 1 3/4" manifold I know of is the MGA unit part no. AEH200
As far as I know there wasn't one for the MGB as a modified standard one does the job.
The manifold you have there if marked C/T London is one produced by-- Conversion & Tuning Centre , London
I think---

Someone surely knows more about them than us Aussies
Cheers Willy
WilliamRevit

Hi Willy

Having problems tracking down the exact make. We wondered if this was just before SAH or just after or during. There seem to have been quite a few makers and suppliers of modded manifolds in the 60s.I still see C/T manifolds and wondered if they were still being made elsewhere?

Peter

peter burgess

Peter
Yeah- I just did a googly thing and found
item no. 160393576416 on UK ebay
It's to suit a Hillman Imp but has the C/T London casting on it and an interesting description below
I would guess it to be the same brand as the one
Gary has. Maybee. Over & out Willy
WilliamRevit

CT was a tuning company with a small shop in Leytonstone - I still have a manifold I bought from them back in the 1960s for a Sunbeam Rapier!!
Chris at Octarine Services

Hi Gary

Found it!

http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/conversion_tuning%20(CT).htm on the webpage there is a link to a pdf of one of their tuning catalogues.

This is taken from the webpage

Dennis Powell C&T managing director
Formed in the late 1960's by Dennis Powell, Conversions & Tuning (C&T) were one of the last companies to really take advantage of the tuning boom in the 50's & 60's.

Based in Brixton, South London C&T produced an ever widening variety of tuning components for a massive range of cars.

Although not specifically A Series specialists they offered a variety of tuning options ranging from mild road conversions to more exotic race applications.

C&T were one of the few companies to survive the lean days of the early 1970's to go on well into the 1980's and possibly beyond. I can certainly remember their advertisements from the 1980's.

Hi Chris

I went into the tiny shop in Leytonstone when I was at College in the late 70s I bought Mini bits from them, maybe they stocked CT stuff? I was only buying used calipers and discs :)

Peter
peter burgess

http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/conversion_tuning.htm

Link didnt work properly try the above please.

Peter
peter burgess

Peter, thanks for your fantastic research on this. That website has some great history on it, and well worth a read.

Gary
Gary Lock

Hi Gary

Mark who did the website is very friendly on emails, I have linked his site on my main site. Mark has put a lot of skill, time and effort into his site, it has a lot of good stuff on it I spent ages browsing it!

Peter
peter burgess

Peter,

I was there a good 10 years earlier, but I doubt it had changed much - it was one of those timeless places like old ironmongers shops!

You are probably right but I think in the late 60s they had a big yellow nameplate above the window that said Conversions & Tuning with the C/T logo - I always assumed it was part of the company - you used to fall over piles of exhausts and other tuning bits to get to the counter!
Chris at Octarine Services

What an astonishing site. Kudos to Mark! And thanks Peter for telling us!

FRM
FR Millmore

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